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DATE 16 Aug 64
Pg.# 2
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1337 out of flock.
1414 Wedgetail 1 NW
1417 Wedgetail Noddy Tern Frigate Tropical Bird sp Sooty Tern 13 25 5 0.3 70 Fishing Flock - 3 dark wedgetails in flock at NW 35- they took off - reagain at 1345, Noddys really rise from water easily
1515 Wedgetail 1 NW
1516 Wedgetail 3 NW
1519 Wedgetail Sooty Tern Bonin to P? 4 6 1 NE Travelling 1 dark 2 mimutors
1622 Wedgetail 3 NW
1623 Noddy Tern 2 NW
1525 Noddy Terns 35+ N Low in water Feeding
1527 Wedgetail 3 NW
1531 Shear-Petrel 5 W Travelling
1541 Wedgetail Coughing Break 1
1650 Shear-Petrel 5 NE Seen by watch - from description it sounds like Bulwers
1603 Wedgetail 3 NW Travelling
1604 Turn sp 3 W in the sun, from their height I would say Sooty Tern
1608 Shear-Petrel 1 W
1610 Wedgetail 1 NW
1611 Wedgetail 2 W
1612 Bonin to P 1 NW
1615 Shear-Petrel 3 W
1618 Wedgetail 2 W
1622 Shear-Petrel 3 W
1640 Wedgetail White-meched P 2 N very close to ship which rather surprised me
1658 Bonin to P 1 N
1659 Bulwers P 1 NW
Chow
1600 Sooty Terns 5 N Travelling
1604 Wedgetail 2 N